This Week on Broadway for March 19, 2023: Dear World @ New York City Center

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03/19/23

James Marino,Michael Portantiere,Peter Filichia

This Week on Broadway for March 19, 2023: Dear World @ New York City Center

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Dear World @ New York City Center, How to Defend Yourself @ New York Theatre Workshop, A Doll’s House, This G*d Damn House @ Chain Theatre, Regretting Almost Everything (Concept Album), and a High School Production in Westfield NJ of Sunday in the Park with George.

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. His new book, The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements is now available and can be purchased wherever finer books are sold. Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.

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Matt Tamanini | [email protected] | Twitter | Instagram
MATT TAMANINI is a theatre, entertainment, and sports journalist who has been covering theatre for more than a decade. He is the news editor for TheStreamable, the co-managing editor for Land-Grant Holy Land, and is a host and producer for multiple shows on BroadwayRadio.

James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook
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MP + PF: Dear World @ New York City Center , March 15 – 19, 2023

Dear World is part of the 2023 Encores! season, our beloved, Tony-honored series of musical theater revivals helmed by Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, Producing Creative Director Clint Ramos, and Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell. Check out the rest of the season: Lionel Bart’s Oliver! (May 3 – 14) and The Light in the Piazza (Jun 21 – 25).
https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2022-2023/dear-world/

A Conductor Arrives at Encores! With a Jerry Herman Rarity by JOSHUA BARONE
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, the series’ new music director, will lead a restored performance of “Dear World,” starring Donna Murphy.

Love Life and City of Angels coming to Encores!

Our friend Ron Fassler wrote an in-depth column about Dear World. You can read it here:
“AND ALL AT ONCE I’M BEAUTIFUL AGAIN”

MP: How to Defend Yourself @ New York Theatre Workshop, through April 2, 2023
By Liliana Padilla
Co-Directed by Rachel Chavkin, Liliana Padilla & Steph Paul